Saga (Tennō)

Saga ( Japanese 嵯峨天皇 , Saga-tennō ; * September 7, 786 ; † July 15, 842 ) was the 52nd Tennō of Japan . He was the second son of Kammu -tennō and the younger brother of his predecessor Heizeis . His reign spanned from 809 to 823 and is known to be the pinnacle of Chinese culture in Japan.

Life

His empress-wife Tachibana no Kachiko was known as a beautiful and educated woman.

Koku Saichō shōnin : Calligraphy sagas for the death of Saichō

Saga fell ill a few months after his enthronement and again in the middle of the following year. The abdicated Heizei announced that he wanted to move the capital back to Nara. This was the obvious attempt to regain the throne. This rebellion was promoted by Heizei's favorite wife Fujiwara Kusoko and her brother Nakanari . The uprising was quickly and bloodily suppressed by the imperial troops led by Sakanoue Tamamuramaro . The Crown Prince Takaoka - son of Heizeis, was deposed. He later became a supporter of Kūkai's Saga supporter and died years later as a pilgrim somewhere in the Malay Peninsula en route to India .

He was also known as a poet and calligrapher . Saga thought that literary education could bring unity and harmony to the state. Three Chinese poetry collections were issued in his government. On the other hand, the Japanese own poetry style Uta was ignored.

Saga was a protector of the Buddhist monk Kūkai and helped him to found the Shingon school of Buddhism: He gave Kūkai the temple Tō-ji in the southern part of the capital Heian-kyō (today Kyōto ).

Saga's politics brought a cultural marriage, but also financial difficulties.

Individual evidence

^ Kūkai : Major Works . Translated, with an account of his life and a study of his thought by Yoshito S. Hakeda (= Records of Civilization . Band 87 ). Columbia University Press, New York a. a. 1972, ISBN 0-231-03627-2 , pp. 40 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Heating egg	Tennō 809-823	Junna

personal data
SURNAME	saga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	嵯峨天皇 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	52nd Tennō of Japan (809-823)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 7, 786
DATE OF DEATH	July 15, 842

[1] Kūkai : Major Works . Translated, with an account of his life and a study of his thought by Yoshito S. Hakeda (= Records of Civilization . Band 87 ). Columbia University Press, New York a. a. 1972, ISBN 0-231-03627-2 , pp. 40 .